Word: boom
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Less than a year ago, Redwater, Alta., 35 miles northeast of Edmonton, was a place to pick blueberries. Last week it was the center of the biggest oil boom in Canadian history...
...Still under heavy fire." At midnight the moon set, giving the Amethyst an advantage of 7¼ hours of darkness. About 1 a.m., Communist batteries at the Kiangyin forts opened up on the Amethyst. Kiangyin was the critical point. To get past, the Amethyst had to crash a blockading boom across the river. Once more she messaged: "Under heavy fire nearing the boom...
...boom in television, they found, was even bigger than they had guessed. Videotown's most startling statistic: a year ago, one out of every 50 families owned a TV set, now one out of every nine...
...domestic carriers were not the only ones flexing their muscles. The international airlines, both U.S. and foreign, were enjoying the biggest summer-travel boom in their history. Pan American Airways was making 70 peak-load overseas flights a week, ten more than at this time last year. T.W.A. was crossing the ocean 52 times weekly (v. 44 last year) and its passenger load was up 22½%. Air France had been booked solid since March...
Five months ago he got a chance to strike back at Ward, who had piloted the company through the lushest days of its World War II boom. Ward had decided to retire (the board had voted him a $25,000-a-year pension for life). Sherman Fairchild (who still owned 95,000 shares) formed a committee to defeat the pension. Ward was alarmed and withdrew his plan. Fairchild went ahead with his committee. Its new purpose: to oust Ward...